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Selection interviews

The key purpose of a selection interview is to assess the skills, experience and general background of the candidate in order to make a decision on his or suitability for the job.

The employer should take steps to avoid complaints of discrimination arising from the arrangements for the interview or the nature of the questioning.

The employer should ensure that it makes adequate records of what is said at the interview.


    • Gender pay gap
    • Gender
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    Avoid salary history questions in recruitment, guide urges

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2022

    New REC and Fawcett Society guidance says organisations should not ask salary history questions during job interviews.

    • Economics, government & business
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    • Employment law

    Boris Johnson’s partygate fixed penalty notice: any lessons for HR?

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022

    Partygate has put the spotlight on internal investigations but are there really any lessons for HR? Meanwhile, suits are increasingly out at interviews…

    • Unconscious bias
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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Addressing bias: How to boost progress in diversity and inclusion

    by Neil Armstrong 22 Mar 2022
    by Neil Armstrong 22 Mar 2022

    Addressing bias is difficult to do in practice. Neil Armstrong looks at the role of data-driven recruitment in helping employers make real progress.

    • Gender pay gap
    • STEM
    • Gender

    Government pilot urges job advert pay transparency

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Mar 2022

    Employers taking part in a government pilot will list salary details on job adverts and stop asking candidates about salary history, in a bid to tackle pay inequality.

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    • Case law

    Court of Appeal: agency workers do not have right to apply for permanent jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022

    Agency workers do not automatically have the right to be invited to apply for a directly employed vacancy.

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Survived Blue Monday? National Sickie Day is coming for you …

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Feb 2022

    7 February is National Sickie Day – “under the weather” Monday if you will.

    • Candidate experience
    • Latest News
    • Employer branding

    End ghosting in recruitment: Technology means there’s no excuse

    by Martin Stubbs 25 Jan 2022
    by Martin Stubbs 25 Jan 2022

    Despite advances in software, many candidates are still ghosted by prospective employers. This must stop.

    • Latest News
    • Mental health
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    Chilling out on Blue Monday

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Jan 2022

    Blue Monday, the Great Resignation and Covid job interviews – a different perspective.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Candidate experience
    • Latest News

    Government trials framework to help people with autism find work

    by Personnel Today 4 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 4 Jan 2022

    Jobcentre Plus sites are testing an autism framework that is hoped to help more people with autism find, retain and...

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    Graduate and school leaver appointments back on the rise

    by Jo Faragher 29 Apr 2021
    by Jo Faragher 29 Apr 2021

    Most of the UK’s top graduate recruiters either stabilised or increased their hiring this year, according to the Institute of Student Employers.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Automation
    • Latest News

    Employers must be wary of laws surrounding automated decisions

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Apr 2021

    Employers using AI to make decisions about recruitment and performance need to be mindful of the laws surrounding workers’ rights, it has been warned.

    • Latest News
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Race discrimination

    Church must overhaul recruitment to tackle racism, report finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Apr 2021

    Shortlists for senior Church of England roles must include at least one ethnic minority candidate, a CoE taskforce has proposed.

    • Reasonable adjustments
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    How can we ensure post lockdown recruitment is inclusive?

    by Angela Matthews 3 Mar 2021
    by Angela Matthews 3 Mar 2021

    As hiring confidence builds, how can employers ensure that any reasonable adjustments they make for candidates will match the working...

    • Mobile recruitment
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Could we see the rise of the weekend interview?

    by James McGill 2 Mar 2021
    by James McGill 2 Mar 2021

    The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed how we hire people, including how and when we interview and communicate with candidates.

    • Unconscious bias
    • Candidate experience
    • UK regional diversiity

    Reducing accent bias begins at the recruitment stage

    by Ali Hackett 11 Jan 2021
    by Ali Hackett 11 Jan 2021

    There is little doubt that employees should bring their whole selves to work, but it would be naïve to think...

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